Eastpointe man busted in teen sex sting by father posing as daughter online

By Mitch Hotts

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

An Eastpointe man who allegedly tried to have sex with a 13-year-old found his intentions interrupted by the girl's father who set up his own sting operation, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

Michael Alan Starr, 22, was arraigned over the weekend on several felonies relating to the incident, Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a news release.

Starr was acquainted with the 13-year-old girl and had communicated with her on Facebook about having sex with her. Prosecutors said he went to the girl's home on the 8600 block of Plainview near Joy Road and Evergreen in Detroit on April 2 for the purpose of having sex with her.

However, the girl's father had discovered the Facebook messages and posed as his daughter online to continue to talk to Starr. The father invited him over.

When Starr showed up at the home, the father apprehended him and called the police, who took him into custody.

Media reports indicate Starr met the girl's family at a Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan in Highland Park, where the daughter sometimes went after school. A spokesman for the club has said the suspect had recently visited the club, but had not worked there as a volunteer for the past three years.

Starr was arraigned Sunday in 36th District Court on charges of child sexually abusive activity, two counts of using a computer to communicate with another to commit a crime, and accosting a minor for immoral purposes.